Metal

Outkast will headline this year’s Coachella, joined by Muse and Arcade Fire – things will be getting hot in California. In a post on Twitter, the festival revealed the line up for the April event, with the message “Share it like a polaroid picture”. The festival will be held over two weekends, just like last year. Outkast will be making their big return after a 6 year hiatus, but they will be also joined by…

As we were telling you a while ago, Opeth are in the studio, heavily working on a ‘more sinister’ album – frontman Mikael Akerfeldt shared some fresh details regarding their new work, explaining that it is “all over the place”. “I have eight songs written and the direction is going straight into the territory of ‘all over the place!'” he kicked off with a laugh. Versatility and raw skill have always been a significant part…

I find it very interesting that heavy metal, a genre traditionally thought of as being ‘dirty’ and rough is attracting more and more scholars around it. Recently, it’s been finding more and more space in Universities, and now, a full course was dedicated to heavy metal, at the Leeds Metropolitan University. “There are also some academics who think heavy metal is a great evil, and we still see some papers written that claim metal fans…

Source I Killed The Prom Queen album artwork The metalcore band, I Killed The Prom Queen, decided to share some new information about their upcoming album. Beloved is set to be released on February 18 in North America and on 14 in Australia, through Epitaph Records. Talking about this upcoming album, the band also said that: We’ve really extended ourselves. But we’ve done it in a way where it’s tasteful and it makes…

Avenged Sevenfold have been reinventing themselves, and contrary to what many people believed, they managed to strike back even harder without The Rev. Their latest album, Hail to the King, was released on August 27, and it’s almost needless to say that it rocks ! Avenged Sevenfold, live. Via Metal Hammer. But guitarist Zacky Vengeance took the time to talk to us, and explain that as good as an album is,…

Source Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold decided to release a new video for one of the songs from their latest album, Hail To The King, released in August this year. The video for Shepherd of Fire was directed by Wayne Isham, the guy that used to collaborate with bands like Metallica, Godsmack, Pantera and even Bon Jovi. I am not going to say much about the song, because I think that you are all…

Source Motorhead – Aftershock album artwork Motorhead released a new video for the song Heartbreaker. The video includes footage from many Motorhead concerts: Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in Great Britain, a concert in Manchester and also from Wacken Open Air festival and Rock in Rio. Heartbreaker is one of the songs from the band’s 21st studio album, Aftershock, which is set to be released on October 22. The album is going…

Soulfly are officially streaming their new album in full – feel free to listen to it below: “Savages” is their ninth studio effort and it features 10 new tracks. The kick-ass album features production work from Terry Date, but most notably, it marks the debut of Max Cavalera’s son, Zyon, behind the drum kit. “Recording ‘Savages’ was an amazing experience for me,” Max told Rock Overdose. “I was so excited to work with Terry Date,…

American metalheads Iced Earth are working on their new album, ‘Plagues of Babylon’, which will hit the shelves in January 2014 via Century Media Records. Now, they released the album art (which was done by Eliran Kantor and the track list). According to vocalist/guitarist Jon Schaffer, a great album needs a great cover: “This is a seriously heavy album with a seriously brutal album cover. I’m sure it will go down as a classic in…

Get your hype ready people: a Pantera reunion is quite possible. Guitarist Zakk Wylde is very interesting in participating in such a reunion, taking over late axeman Dimebag Darrell’s parts. Wylde discusses such a feat, talking about how it’s a great way to pay homage to Dimebag, while also pleasing fans and providing a great experience for remaining band members. “If they were like ‘We’re gonna do it and honor Dimebag’ and ‘Zakk, would you…